I’m blessed to have amazing women role models in my life. I thought through the month of May would be a great time to showcase these women and give them some much deserved love.
First I have to start with my mom. My mom swore that she wasn’t going to be a mom. She said no thank you! Mom and Dad met later in life. A year and 3 days later my oldest sister made her appearance into the world. Two years later Kayla followed and another two years I arrived.
My oldest sister has 4 kids. I’m lucky to get to spend time with them and have sleepovers occasionally with them. Y’all kids are exhausting!
My mom was much older. She was 50% of the labor force on the farm that her and dad were building. She calved all the cows out. I rarely remember going to a babysitter. By rarely, I mean I never remember going anywhere except Grandma’s and occasionally our Aunt Rosie Stegman.
I do remember spending hours and hours on the four wheeler checking cows, riding in the tractor and doing everything in between. I remember being taught how to act around cattle and pigs from a very early age. I remember being so excited about learning how to run the rake. I remember never saying I was bored, EVER! I remember having bottle calves that were my responsibility to feed and care for from a very early age. I remember baby piglets and baby calves and baby kittens. I remember always having a dog around when I needed a friend. I remember having to get the dictionary out when I didn’t know a word in a book. I remember walking up the hill from the corner when my sisters were fighting and Mom got tired of it and made us walk. (I swear I wasn’t a part of the fighting. I was an innocent bystander! Also, it was dark and I could have been ate by a bear. Except there aren’t a lot of random bears in NE Kansas. But I could have been attacked by a coyote! Mom swears it was less than 1/4 of mile, the middle of the afternoon and she drove to the house and watched out the window to make sure we were okay.)
What I don’t remember learning was work ethic. I don’t remember getting respect ingrained in our behavior. I don’t remember learning what animal cruelty was only how to properly care for animals and that they came first. I don’t remember learning responsibility. I don’t remember being forced to read, but rather excited about the big field needing baled because that meant I was going to get to get through my whole book.
The things that I don’t remember learning are the things that I thank my mom for everyday, at least in my thoughts. She is an amazing woman that I’m proud to say is my mom. I love you Mom!
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